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Keelung Station is a terminus of the Taiwan Railway Administration

Taiwan Railway Administration

The Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...

(TRA) Western Line and Eastern Line in Keelung City

Keelung

Keelung City is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders New Taipei and forms the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with the Taipei and New Taipei. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport...

, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

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Overview

The station structure is three stories (two aboveground, one underground). It has one side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

and one island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

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History

October 20, 1891: When the segment from Keelung to Shuifanjiao
Xizhi Station
Xizhi Station or Sijhih Station is railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line located in Xizhi, New Taipei, Taiwan.-Overview:The station has two island platforms.-History:...

opened for service, a station to the north of the current station opened, Keelung Train Pier (雞籠火車碼頭).
October 20, 1893: The rail line from Keelung to Taipei is completed.
October 30, 1908: The third-generation station (with clocktower) opens for service. The style is similar to Hsinchu
Hsinchu Station
Hsinchu Station is a railway station of Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line, Neiwan Line located at Hsinchu City, Taiwan.- Service :...

and Taichung
Taichung Station
Taichung Station is a railway station of Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line located in Central District, Taichung City, Taiwan.-Overview:...

opened at around the same time.
April 1914: The rail line from Keelung to Badu is completed.
January 23, 1967: The current station (the fourth-generation) is completed.
1968: Station underpass is completed.
April 5, 1968: The Keelung Railway Restaurant is added to the station.
June 6, 1985: The aforementioned restaurant closes.

Platform layout

1 3 4	1 2A 2B	■ Western Line (Southbound departure)	Toward Qidu, Taipei, Taichung Taichung Station Taichung Station is a railway station of Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line located in Central District, Taichung City, Taiwan.-Overview:... , Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Station Kaohsiung Station is a railway station located in Sanmin District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China, which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line, Pingtung Line, Kaohsiung Harbor Line and the Kaohsiung MRT Red Line... , Pingtung Pingtung Station Pingtung Station is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration Pingtung Line located in Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Taiwan.-Overview:...
		■ Eastern Line (Southbound departure, through service)	Toward Yilan Yilan Station The Yilan Station is a railway station of Taiwan Railway Administration Yilan Line located at Yilan County, Taiwan.- Nearby stations :Taiwan Railway Administration - External links :**... , Hualien Hualien Station Hualien Station is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration located Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. It is the terminal station of North-Link Line and the starting station of Hwa-tung Line..- Overview :... (through Qidu)

Future development

As part of the "Keelung Station Reconstruction Project" announced by the Executive Yuan

Executive Yuan

The Executive Yuan is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China , commonly known as "Taiwan".-Organization and structure:...

in July 2007, Keelung Station will be relocated to the south of Zhong 1st Road. As an urban renewal

Urban renewal

Urban renewal is a program of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban land use. Renewal has had both successes and failures. Its modern incarnation began in the late 19th century in developed nations and experienced an intense phase in the late 1940s – under the rubric of...

project, the station will be moved underground. The new station will be equipped with two island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

s and four tracks, and will cost an estimated NT$

New Taiwan dollar

The New Taiwan dollar , or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official currency of the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar...

2.627 billion.The project includes 1.5 km (0.93205910497471 mi) of track, including the route to Sankeng Station. It is expected to be completed by December 2013, and will eliminate two level crossings.

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